From the course: Location Scouting for Video and Photo Projects

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Who should go on the site survey?

Who should go on the site survey?

From the course: Location Scouting for Video and Photo Projects

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Who should go on the site survey?

- Now let's talk about who should join us. It's nice to have as many key players and decision makers at your location scouts. Of course, you should have the producer there, the director, director photography, if you have a location manager, they should be there, an art director, anyone whose part of the electric decisions, and any additional department heads that you think are vital to your production. When you're deciding who you're going to have join you, make sure you keep in mind your budget, what you can afford, because you do have to pay all these people a rate for them to come. You also need to think about geography. Are they close? Are you going to have to fly them in? 'Cause that's going to be additional costs that you're not thinking of, and you also need to think about their availability. Are they even available to join you? If they're not, you should definitely talk to these key players and ask how they…

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